January 27, 2010
Serpent have released two new parts for the Serpent 733 and Serpent 966. The first, an aluminium front one-way axle with high quality one-way bearings that has been precision machined out of a single piece of aluminium with integrated pulley-flange. It can also be locked, when needed, by using 2 steel pins that slide through holes in the steel adaptors and are kept in place by 2 o-rings. Simple and effective, the set includes axle with one-ways, 2 steel adapters, 2 pins and 2 O-rings. The set uses the same pulley as that on the front differential but isn’t included….
August 12, 2009
…is sandwiched between the aluminium centre hub and a aluminium support ring for a true running gear and minimal transmission losses. Standard with the standard Phi 09 are 21T centre pulleys and 42T one-way/differential pulleys. Rear To handle the brutal power modern brushless motors offer Corally invested in an updated rear differential with 18 2.5 mm chrome diff balls in combination with thick 26 mm diff washers. The 18 balls run on two different orbits and the diff is designed without the usual and often fragile thrust race making for an easy to build set-up. In combination with the supplied…
July 28, 2009
…mm Width: 187 mm Wheelbase: 254 – 262 mm Track – front: 162 mm Track – rear: 162 mm Weight: 1260 gr *Stock set-up with wheels as tested Equipment Car: Schumacher Mi4 [racing-cars.com] Motor: CS Electronic CS Magnetic 5.5T [cs-shop.de] Speedo: CS Electronic Rocket Competition [cs-shop.de] Battery: Speed Passion 4000mAh 25C LiPo [speedpassion.net] Body: Mon-Tech TCR [mon-techracing.net] Performance Tips Differential/Spool – We had our problems to fit the outer rings to the diff and spool pulleys. The fit was extremely tight and the only way we could attached the rings was by cooling the pulleys down in the refrigerator and…
March 22, 2009
…our kit came without the new T2R Pro stickers – we only ran across a T1R sticker sheet. Well, anyway. Front When you compare the Xray T2R Pro with the current T2 ‘009 you will notice that actual differences between both cars are very limited. Both share the same basic set-up with hard front wishbones, medium hardness C-hubs and short oil-filled shocks. These are equipped with silver springs and offer the option of using either the fixed shock pistons we did in our T2 ‘009 review or the externally adjustable pistons like Xray suggest as an initial setting. As with…
March 3, 2009
…take a look at our pics and you will notice that Xray found an interesting way to make for easy set-up changes of the inner upper links with the help of eccentric ball studs. But back to our car … The new link position gave our ‘009 a touch more grip when coming out of corners but the car still had tons of grip on corner entry as well as mid corner. To perfect our set-up we tried a set of Sorex 28 tyres as Daniel suggested these as the ‘must have’ tyres on his home track. The Sorex offered…
March 20, 2008
…cars. – Super free ball diffs with silicone nitride balls, pro spec thrust bearing, and lightened steel outputs. – Strong steel universal joint driveshafts. – Smooth twin pad slipper clutch with easy access adjustment. – Unique clamp motor mount to fine tune weight distribution, and allow motor changes without affecting gear mesh. – Industry standard wheel fittings. – Eccentric bearing housings for adjustment of belt tension and diff height. – Layshaft or front one way option. Overdrive front pulley option. – Internal gear cover. Chassis – Optimum weight distribution with ‘4+2’ NiMh batteries or stick pack lipo layout. – 2.5mm…
December 11, 2007
New for the S400, Serpent has introduced the long awaited front one-way axle set. Sold complete with everything needed, including the 35T composite pulley, when installed the set gives the car more steering and is perfect for use on carpet tracks, especially with foam tires. To improve durability the drive adaptors have been made from steel, yet remain lightweight due to their hollow design. Source: Serpent [serpent.com]…
September 15, 2007
…machine aluminum front dual action one-way/spool differential. With the pins inserted the differential acts like a spool. Remove two pins and the diff turns into a one-way. This allows the driver to customize the transmission to suit individual track requirements. In addition to this, the pulleys and center mount are also machine from the same high quality aluminum for improved pulley and belt durability. The rear of the car features a fully adjustable ball differential. The whole system is set in motion by super low friction belts. The placement and size of the teeth on the belts were designed to…
